I know, right? The nightmare of being a super-rich WASP and having to constantly be reminded of all the prejudice your people have endured for generations - particularly the centuries-old "chimp libel".

ol_rooter:That there, hon, is a statement from the White House. Who's running the White House? The President. Who's the President, sweetie?

ol_rooter:White House spokesman Josh Earnest says he had no reaction from Obama.

That right there, Sugartits, is the official White House Statement. You even quoted it, yourself.

I can tell you as a native Missourian, it was certainly not one of the finer moments for our state, and not the way I like to see our state depicted in the news.

And that right there, Snookie-wookums, is one man giving his personal opinion, even being so kind as to refer to himself in the First Person, twice, (and in the Second Person twice) in case it wasn't clear for whom he was speaking. "Our state". Where's Obama from again, Honeybunch?*

And let's remember Stealth's original claim, that it was the White House that "made it a big deal".

How could the question have even been asked, if it was this statement that started the "big deal"?

The Stealth Hippopotamus:That's exactly right. They shouldn't have said anything at all. One single moment of discipl(ine) and this would have been over.

Lol, no. Shouldn't have said anything, but this was going to get used in this manner no matter What happened. Because the important thing is that the leftist pundits and political commenters get to cry racism, and the rightist pundits and political commenters get to call the President divisive and hiding behind the race card.

The outrage is all that matters, because outrage sells stuff Almost as well as sex does.

Diogenes:The Stealth Hippopotamus: The White House could have just laughed this off like grown ups. Instead they made it a big deal.

Can't blame the guy for cashing the paycheck

I haven't really followed this closely but the White House commented on it? I thought it was the media and NAACP that make all the ruckus.

Did they even make much of a ruckus? The place I've heard about this the most is from conservative acquaintances linking to conservative blogs angry that some people might have a problem when you suggest running over the President with a bull.

IIRC the guy was flapping the lips on his mask up and down. That, and the announcer whipping up the crowd with "wanna see Obama get trampled by a bull?" Sounds pretty racist to me. Not that racists at a goddamn rodeo is exactly news.